Cody Hall

Cody Taylor Hall (born May 31, 1991)[1] is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for working for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a member of the Bullet Club stable. Hall is a second generation wrestler, as the son of Scott Hall.[4]

Cody Hall
Hall in 2019
Birth nameCody Taylor Hall
Born (1991-05-31) May 31, 1991[1]
Chuluota, Florida[1]
ResidenceAtlanta, Georgia
FamilyScott Hall (father)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Cody Hall
Psycho Clown[2]
Billed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)[1]
Billed weight268 lb (122 kg)[1]
Billed fromChuluota, Florida
Trained byScott Hall[3]
Larry Zbyszko
DDP
DebutJuly 14, 2012[1]

Early life

Hall was born to Scott Hall and Dana Lee Burgio in 1991 and has a sister, Cassidy. He considers fellow professional wrestlers Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman as uncles due to them being close friends of his father.[4]

Hall was a member of the United States Air Force and served an active duty service commitment with the 460th Security Forces Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado. Hall departed to become a professional wrestler.[5]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2012–2014)

Hall began to train as a professional wrestler in 2010 with his father, as he wanted to follow in his footsteps.[4] Hall's first match took place on July 14, 2012 in Belleview Pro Wrestling, defeating Josh Hess.[6] In the following years, Hall worked in various promotions, usually in tag matches with Kevin Nash or Sean Waltman, both Scott Hall's friends. On November 15, 2014, at Superstars of Wrestling 2, Hall won the Superstars of Wrestling Championship after defeating Tim Zbyszko in a ladder match.[7] In 2014, Hall won the Georgia Heavyweight Championship from Southern Fried Championship Wrestling.

New Japan Pro Wrestling (2015–2017)

Hall as a member of Bullet Club in February 2015
Hall working in NJPW in 2015

In January 2015, Hall began training at the New Japan Pro Wrestling dojo.[8] On January 5 at New Year Dash!!, Hall debuted as Bullet Club's personal "young boy" trainee.[8] Hall made his NJPW in-ring debut on February 2, teaming with his stablemates Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson, Kenny Omega and Yujiro Takahashi in a ten-man tag team main event, where they were defeated by Captain New Japan, Hirooki Goto, Katsuyori Shibata, Ryusuke Taguchi and Hiroshi Tanahashi, who pinned him for the win.[9] As is usually the case with "young boys" in Japan, Hall would lose many of his first matches with NJPW, and often be pinned in multi-man tag matches, but achieved his first victory on April 29 at Wrestling Hinokuni in a tag team match, where he and Yujiro Takahashi defeated Captain New Japan and Satoshi Kojima. Hall, however, was not involved in the finish of the match.[10] Over the next year, Hall mainly worked tag team matches with his Bullet Club stablemates, while also becoming an enforcer for The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson).[11] Hall scored his first win himself on April 2, 2016, when he submitted rookie Hirai Kawato in a singles match.[12] Hall was injured later that month at Invasion Attack 2016,[13] and remained sidelined until January 2017, when his profile was quietly removed from NJPW's roster page, signaling his departure from the promotion.

Pro Wrestling Noah (2017–2019)

On March 13, 2017, the Japanese Pro Wrestling Noah promotion announced that Hall would start working regularly for the promotion on April 11.[14] The following month, Hall teamed with Randy Reign in the 2017 Global Tag League, finishing with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance to the finals.[15] During the tournament, Hall and Reign defeated eventual tournament winners and reigning GHC Tag Team Champions Maybach Taniguchi and Naomichi Marufuji, making them the number one contenders to Taniguchi and Marufuji.[16] Hall and Reign received their title shot on June 4, but were defeated by Taniguchi and Marufuji.[17] On October 1, Hall unsuccessfully challenged Eli Drake for the GFW Global Championship.[18]

On February 24, 2019, Cody wrestled his final match for Noah.[19]

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2019–2020)

In 2019, Cody Hall began to work for the Japanese DDT Pro-Wrestling promotion. However, he left the promotion after joking on Twitter about the COVID-19 pandemic.[20]

Major League Wrestling (2020)

On December 4th, 2020, Major League Wrestling announced that Hall has been signed to the company, however the next day he was released from his contract.

Championships and accomplishments

Hall adopted his father's finishing move, The Razor Edge
  • European Wrestling Promotion
    • EWP Junior Championship (1 time)[21]
  • Independent Pro Wrestling Germany
    • IPW International German Championship (1 time)[22]
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • Ranked No. 317 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2018[23]
  • Southern Fried Championship Wrestling
    • SFCW Georgia Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[24]
  • Superstars of Wrestling
    • SOW Championship (1 time)[25]

References

  1. "コーディ・ホール". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  2. "Noahful Gift 2017 ~ファン感謝祭~". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  3. "Scott Hall's Early Career". Accelerator's Wrestling Rollercoaster. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
  4. Cody Hall following his dad's footsteps - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  5. Hall Family - Kobayo
  6. http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=82421
  7. http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=120386
  8. Macklin, Matthew (2015-01-05). "Liger vs. Desperado, next IWGP challenger set, Cody Hall debuts and more: 1/5 NJPW 'New Year's Dash' in Tokyo, Japan report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  9. "Road to The New Beginning". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-02-02.
  10. "レスリング火の国". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  11. Macklin, Matthew (2016-02-12). "New Japan Pro Wrestling New Beginning in Niigata preview". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  12. "Road to Invasion Attack 2016". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  13. "Update on the injured Cody Hall". Slam! Sports. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  14. "4月にスコット・ホールの息子、コーディ・ホールが参戦! 内田雅之会長、中嶋勝彦選手、大原はじめ選手、石森太二選手の会見の模様". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  15. "グローバル・タッグリーグ戦2017". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  16. "【6.4後楽園チケット発売中です!】「いよいよ報われるべき時が来た」6.4後楽園でのGHCタッグ挑戦が決定!コーディ・ホール選手インタビュー". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  17. "Navig.with Breeze 2017". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
  18. "Great Voyage 2017 in Yokohama vol.2". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  19. Hall, Cody (2019-03-14). "—Taking Bookings—Available in the UK / Europe starting April 1st. Message me here or Email". Retrieved 2019-04-17 via Twitter.
  20. https://411mania.com/wrestling/cody-hall-withdraws-from-ddt-pro-wrestling-tour-over-social-media-post/
  21. https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1674
  22. "IPW International German Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  23. "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2018". CAGEMATCH. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  24. https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=229948
  25. https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=120386
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